How You Can Contribute To Gridcoin Development(without having to code)

Here's a very brief summary of Gridcoin if you've never heard of it:
Gridcoin is a cryptocurrency that rewards BOINC participants
Learn more here and here

Gridcoin is developed on a platform called GitHub. To those unfamiliar with the platform, it can be summed up as a nice way to manage code with extra features.

Three of the ways listed below require you to create an account for GitHub if you don't already have one. To do that go here

If you don't code or if you don't code in c++, you can still help Gridcoin's development. You can help in a few different ways:

GitHub Issues:

GitHub has a feature called Issues; it allows for anyone to tell the developers problems with the code or ideas for the code. If you notice a bug you can create an issue for it so the developers are aware of the problem. If you have an Idea for an improvement to Gridcoin, you can also create an Issue for it.

If you are improving support find the language file you first copied and open it and hit the pencil icon; if you are adding support for a new language click "Create new file" and enter the title of what the file is called on your computer

Paste in your new translations and enter a title at the bottom of something along the lines of improves support for language or adds support of language

Click "Propose new file" or "Propose file change"

[Only do the steps below if you are adding support for a new langauge]

Running Testnet Nodes
The Testnet is a way to test Gridcoin features before they are implemented. Running testnet nodes requires a bit of patience and knowledge of how the wallet works. The goal is to try to find bugs and things of that nature before it is implemented is on the main Gridcoin network.

If you are on the Gridcoin Slack there is a channel specifically for the testnet. If you are not on the Gridcoin Slack please ask a Gridcoin Slack user on Reddit or some other platform for an invite as it is invite only. Note that in the future Slack might not be the platform used.

Thanks for your post. I made the french translation complete for the wallet and made my first pull request.
Github is a hell for beginners like me so I made some mistakes but now I want to learn it. Keep it up !

From what I can tell someone would have to pay to use that service. I'm not sure if that's the best allocation of money considering the fact that our community has plenty of people that would volunteer. Maybe we could use professional translation services if we redesign the wallet at any point.